[AccessD] EMail recommendations

There's been a lot of response, on this thread, I'm just going to
through in my two cents.

I used to use persist's ASPEmail.  Very simple SMTP based email .dll.
Began running into a few problems with that, because SMTP is a security
hole if left open to the outside.  In a corporate environment, any
network admin worth his salt is going to limit the SMTP port to the
corporate mail server, and disable SMTP routing.  Which means, you need
to use an authenticated account, using a enabled system to send email
with.

So in my later projects, I began using a very simple method....Outlook.
I also took another approach.  I really don't have anything where I need
a truly automated email to be sent.  The email is due to an action a
user does, to alert someone else, or to send something.  So what I do,
is open an email item, attach whatever, fill in the To, Subject, and
create the expected email body, but I don't send it.  Outlook balks at
this.  And even though there are utilities out there to get around this,
I just let the user hit send.  This lets them check, or modify the email
before it is sent, and only adds one additional click for the user.
Now, if 500 emails need to go out for an action, this approach would
certainly not be workable.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tony Septav
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:39 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] EMail recommendations

Hey All

I have spent the last couple of days looking all kinds of code for 
EMailing (COD, STMP etc.) and third party products, (Blat etc. currently

looking at Total Access EMailer). Does anyone have any suggestions on 
what route to go, to send EMails with attachments from an Access 
application. I do not want to muck around on the user's machine 
(basically stay away from their registry, no other installs other than 
the Access application). Basically a no brainer for the user (enter your

user ID but no enter your STMP server address/ID etc.).  Orrrrrrrr.....I

am totally off base on this one and there is no easy simple solution.

Thanks


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